This study identifies mechanisms controlling interface shearing between pipes and granular materials and develops a predictive jacking force calculation model. The surface roughness of six pipe materials, including Hobas (Centrifugally Cast Fiber Reinforced Polymer Mortar), Polycrete (Polymer Concrete), Permalok Steel (Rolled Steel with a Painted Surface), Wet Cast Concrete, Packerhead Concrete, and Vitrified Clay pipe, have been characterized to determine the role of surface roughness on the soil-pipe interface shearing mechanism. Interface shear tests were performed between pipe materials and two characteristically different granular soils: Ottawa 20/30 sand and Atlanta Blasting sand. Shearing behavior between the sands and the pipe materials was evaluated to determine the mechanisms of shearing on materials with varied roughness values. Interface friction values were established for the pipe materials and soils. A model was developed to jacking forces based on modifications to Terzaghi's Arching Theory for predicting normal stresses and interface friction coefficients developed in the laboratory. Field research on fourteen case histories of microtunneling and pipe jacking projects was presented. Pertinent project details were provided including pipe materials, site geometry, geotechnical information, construction sequencing, lubrication injection, and jacking force records. Jacking force records for each project were separated into isolated segments along the alignment to analyze jacking stresses. Unlubricated segments of the microtunneling drive records were analyzed to compare actual and predicted jacking forces using the proposed model. The predictive model was compared to other models currently available for predicting the frictional component of jacking forces. Lubrication effects on jacking forces were analyzed to determine how the interface friction coefficient changed once lubrication was applied to the pipeline. Two types of lubrication strategies were identified and predicted lubricated jacking forces were shown. A step-by-step guide for using the jacking force predictive model was presented for design applications and estimating lubricated interface friction values.

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Vibration compaction is the most effective way of compacting coarse-grained materials. The effects of vibration frequency and amplitude on the compaction density of different backfill materials (No. 4 natural sand, No. 24 stone sand and No. 5, No. 8, No. 43 aggregates), were studied in this research. The test materials were characterized based on the particle sizes and morphology parameters using digital image analysis technique. Small-scale laboratory compaction tests were carried out with variable frequency and amplitude of vibrations using vibratory hammer and vibratory table. The results show an increase in density with the increase in amplitude and frequency of vibration. However, the increase in density with the increase in amplitude of vibration is more pronounced for the coarse aggregates than for the sands. A comparison of the maximum dry densities of different test materials shows that the dry densities obtained after compaction using the vibratory hammer are greater than those obtained after compaction using the vibratory table at the highest amplitude and frequency of vibration available in both equipment. Large-scale vibratory roller compaction tests were performed in the field for No. 30 backfill soil to observe the effect of vibration frequency and number of passes on the compaction density. Accelerometer sensors were attached to the roller drum (Caterpillar, model CS56B) to measure the frequency of vibration for the two different vibration settings available to the roller. For this roller and soil tested, the results show that the higher vibration setting is more effective. Direct shear tests and direct interface shear tests were performed to study the impact of particle characteristics of the coarse-grained backfill materials on interface shear resistance. A unique relationship was found between the normalized surface roughness and the ratio of critical-state interface friction angle between sand-gravel mixture with steel to the internal critical-state friction angle of the sand-gravel mixture.

[pt] Escoamentos bifásicos no regime anular são caracterizados pela formação de um filme de líquido ao redor das paredes do duto com a fase gasosa escoando na área central do duto. O presente trabalho consiste na simulação numérica de um escoamento anular em tubulação horizontal, com e sem transferência de calor através de um código unidimensional baseado no Modelo de Dois Fluidos. São considerados dois pares de fluidos, sendo o primeiro ar-água, o qual é vastamente estudado na literatura e um fluido típico encontrado na produção de petróleo formado de gás natural e óleo. Parâmetros característicos do padrão de escoamento anular como gradiente de pressão, fator de atrito da interface e espessura do filme de líquido são determinados e comparados com dados experimentais e numéricos, apresentando boa concordância. O gás natural é modelado como gás real, através da aplicação da Equação de Estado de Peng-Robinson e comparado com a modelagem utilizando Equação de Gases Ideais. Para o fluido típico selecionado, este efeito é muito pequeno tanto com relação aos parâmetros hidrodinâmicos como velocidades das fases e queda de pressão como nos parâmetros térmicos como campo de temperatura, perda de calor para o ambiente e coeficiente bifásico de troca de calor. / [en] Annular two-phase flow is characterized by the formation of a liquid layer spread around the pipe circumference with gas flowing in the core area of the pipe. The present work consists in the numerical simulation of an annular flow in horizontal pipe, with and without heat transfer through a one-dimensional code based on the Two Fluid Model. Two pairs of fluids are considered, being the first air-water, which is widely studied in the literature and a typical natural gas and oil fluid from production oil fields. Characteristics parameters of annular flow such as pressure drop, interface friction factor e liquid film height are obtained and compared with experimental and numerical data, showing in both cases good agreement. The natural gas is modeled as real gas, using the Peng-Robinson Equation of State, and compared with the ideal gas modeling. For the typical fluid selected, this effect is quite small on the hydrodynamics parameters such as phases velocities and pressure drop and on the thermal parameters such as temperature, heat loss for the environment and heat exchange coefficient.